Test 12 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

★★★ In which word do the letters «ai» make the same odd /e/ sound as in «said»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: letters, sound · What happens: make, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» of the English course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
4	In	in	ADP	_	6 word	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nmod
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 letters	det
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	nsubj
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 ai	punct
11	ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 letters	appos
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 ai	punct
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 odd	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 odd	amod
16	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 make	xcomp
17	/	/	PUNCT	_	18 e	punct
18	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 odd	appos
19	/	/	PUNCT	_	20 sound	punct
20	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 e	conj
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 said	mark
22	in	in	SCONJ	_	24 said	mark
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 said	punct
24	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sound	acl
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 e	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	the letters					odd property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	sound not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

again, as most British people say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	again	again	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 again	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 people	amod
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	most British people	it			again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

paid, as in «I paid for it»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 paid	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 paid	mark
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 as	fixed
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 paid	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 paid	nsubj
7	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 paid	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paid	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pay in a quote	past	I					for it	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 3

sail, as in «a boat's sail»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sail	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	9 sail	case
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 sail	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sail	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sail	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 boat	case
9	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sail	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sail	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

rain, as in «it's raining»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 raining	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 raining	mark
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	8 raining	mark
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 raining	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 raining	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 raining	aux
8	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 rain	parataxis
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 raining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain in a quote	present · progressive	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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